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Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
DP World selects Mota-Engil for banana port development in DRC
DRC – DP World has appointed construction company Mota-Engil to oversee the devel [...]
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Date: 24-Mar-2025
Nestlé USA recalls popular frozen meals over potential chocking hazard concerns
USA – On March 17th 2025, Nestlé USA, a leading food and beverage company, annou [...]
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Date: 24-Mar-2025
Nigeria: Bwari Housing Project - Settle Contractors' Outstanding Payments, Fha Urged
[Vanguard] Abuja -- The Coalition of Civil Society Groups for Peace and Good Governance has called for the immediate settlement of outstanding payments to contractors involved in t [...]
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Date: 24-Mar-2025
Malawi: Inkosi Chindi Endorses Chakwera, Applauds MCP for Transforming Mzimba
[Nyasa Times] Inkosi Chindi of Mzimba has praised President Lazarus Chakwera's administration for delivering critical infrastructure developments in Mzimba district, calling for co [...]
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Date: 24-Mar-2025
Rwanda: Niyoyita On Revolutionising Pig Farming and Challenging Cultural Stereotypes
[New Times] For many centuries, Rwandans were more attached to cows, goats, and sheep when it came to livestock farming, while pigs were mostly overlooked and considered dirty anim [...]
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Date: 24-Mar-2025
Namibia: Stricter Controls On Import, Export of Livestock Products Take Effect
[Namibian] Namibians can no longer import or export dairy products, poultry, poultry meat and poultry meat products without a permit. [...]
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Date: 24-Mar-2025
Nigeria: France's Wine Industry Is in Crisis. Can This Nigerian Consultant Save It?
[RFI] France's wine industry is in trouble, with fewer people drinking wine and major export markets facing economic and political pressure. One wine consultant, Chinedu Rita Rosa, [...]
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Date: 24-Mar-2025
Nigeria: Nigeria Eyes EU's €43bn Horticulture, Grapes Import Markets
[Daily Trust] Stakeholders have urged the Nigerian government to strengthen local production and supply chains for horticulture and grapes to tap into the European Union's €43 bi [...]
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Date: 24-Mar-2025
Nigeria: Despite Right to Food Act - 11m Children Battling With Severe Food Poverty
[Leadership] Despite the passage of the Right to Food Act in 2023, which mandates the government to ensure food security, millions of Nigerians face hunger and malnutrition. [...]
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Date: 24-Mar-2025
Liberia: Liberian Farmers Innovate to Tackle Climate Change, Boost Food Security
[Liberian Investigator] Suakoko -- Under a blazing sun on the serene campus of Cuttington University, Mr. Joseph Ndebeh, a respected agricultural scientist at the Central Agricultu [...]
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Date: 24-Mar-2025
Slow acquires African Coffee Roasters to strengthen sustainable coffee production
KENYA – Coop and the Investment Fund for Developing Countries (IFU) have agreed to s [...]
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Date: 19-Mar-2025
Kenya, Italy strengthen coffee sector with ARABIKA project advancements
KENYA – Kenya and Italy have collaborated over the past three years to enhance the l [...]
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Date: 19-Mar-2025
Inbrew Beverages seeks US$200M to acquire Pernod Ricard’s Imperial Blue whisky
INDIA – Inbrew Beverages is looking to raise at least US$200 million from private eq [...]
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Date: 19-Mar-2025
Tanzania Bureau of Standards warns of rising alcohol misuse, calls for stricter controls
TANZANIA – The Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) has raised concerns over the growi [...]
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Date: 19-Mar-2025
Crown Beverages expands recycling efforts in Uganda with WastePays partnership
UGANDA – Crown Beverages Limited (CBL), in collaboration with WastePays and with [...]
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Date: 19-Mar-2025
Bazooka Candy launches Baby Bottle Pop Twisters expanding its product range
USA – Bazooka Candy Brands, a division of Bazooka Companies, Inc. that manufactur [...]
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Date: 19-Mar-2025
Côte d’Ivoire announces new mango export campaign for 2025
COTE D’VOIRE – Côte d’Ivoire’s mango export season will officially begin o [...]
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Date: 19-Mar-2025
Ferrero Group, Funko partner to launch new DC Funko Pop chocolates
USA – Kinder Joy and Kinder Chocolate, the Ferrero multi-international company br [...]
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Date: 19-Mar-2025
CMA CGM Iron becomes first dual-fuel methanol vessel to dock at Khalifa Port
UAE – The CMA CGM Iron has become the first dual-fuel methanol container vessel t [...]
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Date: 19-Mar-2025
France endorses revised Nutri-Score as EU debate persists
FRANCE – The French government has officially approved the revised Nutri-Score t [...]
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Date: 19-Mar-2025
Your farm. Your solar.
As electricity prices continue to soar and grid reliability declines, South African farmers grapple with rising energy costs threatening essential operations like irrigation, refri [...]
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Date: 19-Mar-2025
South Africa: Macpherson Takes On Second Leg of Listening Tour in Upington
[SAnews.gov.za] Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson will on Thursday launch the next leg of his Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) listening tour in Upingt [...]
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Date: 19-Mar-2025
Liberia: Koon Breaks Grounds for Incinerator At JFK
[New Dawn] Monrovia -- "Regime Speaker" Richard Nagbe Koon breaks grounds here for an incinerator at the John F. Kennedy Medical Hospital in Monrovia. [...]
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Date: 19-Mar-2025
Zambia: High Soybean Prices in Zambia and Malawi May Make Chicken Costly Too - Lack of Competition Is to Blame
[The Conversation Africa] Poultry is one of the cheapest protein sources for the growing population of the east and southern Africa region. That makes soybeans critical to food sec [...]
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Date: 19-Mar-2025
Uganda: Uganda Hosts Resource Partners' Conference to Strengthen Small-Scale Fisheries
[Nile Post] The Government of Uganda, through the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries (MAAIF), in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of th [...]
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Date: 19-Mar-2025